Hyphomycetes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyphomycetes \Hy`pho*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a web +
     ?, ?, a mushroom.] (Bot.)
     One of the great division of fungi, containing those species
     which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate
     threads. --M. J. Berkley.
     [1913 Webster]